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'Just how it is for me right now.' For many teens, work now comes before school

During the Tuesday lunch rush at Best Pho and Thai in Renton, 16-year-old Ngoc-Linh Truong bagged up take-out orders as her mom tossed onions in a flaming wok. This is Truong’s brother’s restaurant, and Truong, a junior at Franklin High School in south Seattle, usually helps one or two nights a week during the school year.
Ann Dornfeld
Health

How tweetstorms of misinformation skew our handle on the facts during a pandemic

UW’s Jevin West helps us navigate CV Spamalot
Kim Malcolm

Andy Hurst
Education

Washington schools set to deploy new electric buses this fall

Earlier this year, there was only one electric school bus in the entire state of Washington. By this fall, the electric school bus fleet should be vastly expanding. Forty new buses may transport students in districts throughout the state possibly starting in the fall — assuming in-person classes are back on.
Courtney Flatt
National

California State University System Announces Plan To Move Fall Semester Online

Tuition will not drop for online learning, says Timothy White, chancellor of the largest four-year public college system in the U.S., due to the costs of additional technology and faculty training.
Ailsa Chang

Maureen Pao
Education

Seattle math teacher who punched student in the face is leaving the district

James Johnson had been on paid administrative leave from Washington Middle School since January, when a KUOW investigation revealed his history of abusing students, including punching a boy in the face at Meany Middle School in 2018. After the story ran, the district said new allegations had emerged against Johnson, and pulled him from the classroom.
Ann Dornfeld
Technology

'Drive-By Wi-Fi': Hotspots popping up to bridge digital divide amid virus pandemic

Distance learning, ordering groceries online or applying for unemployment, those are all kind of difficult without a good internet connection. So, at least seven public utilities spanning Washington state are setting up drive-up Wi-Fi hotspots amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Tom Banse
Education

Seattle Schools 'A' or 'Incomplete' grading policy inequitable, some parents and teachers say

The Seattle Special Education PTSA has called on the school board to amend the policy to ensure that high school students with disabilities do not receive 'incomplete' grades.
Ann Dornfeld
Government

The System: It’s about class and power

Robert Reich joins us from his home office
John O'Brien
Education

Childcare centers struggle to stay afloat as kids stay home

With one-quarter of the state's licensed child care centers closed, providers that remain open struggle with new, stringent safety protocols and dwindling enrollment, raising concerns about the state of child care once the stay-at-home order is lifted.
Ann Dornfeld
Arts & Life

Ep. 1: Are We Going to Be OK? Rethinking art and education during Covid-19

"Art comes out of pain," says Seattle's Youth Corps director James Miles. What we do with that art once the pandemic passes is up to us.
Kristin Leong

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